Two nurses from Odisha, Sebati Sahoo and Manjulata Maharana, have been honored with the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Awards. The awards for the years 2022 and 2023 were presented to Sebati and Manjulata by President Droupadi Murmu at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Sebati is currently serving at the district headquarters hospital in Nabarangpur, while Manjulata works as an ANM at the Sahaspur health sub-centre in Puri. These awards, established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India in 1973, recognize the commendable contributions made by nurses and nursing professionals to society.